Living on the Juan de Fuca Plate

I live on Orcas Island.  Orcas is sitting on an active plate, called the Juan de Fuca plate. We are slowly moving east, under the North American plate. 


There are three types of boundaries, where plates meet.

1. Divergent boundary, is when two plates move away from each other.
2.  Convergent boundary, is when two plates move toward each other.
3.  Transform boundary, is when two plates slide by each other. 

All 3 boundaries are active on the Juan de Fuca  plate.